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I started the preparation of the front fascia.

And here I have a question.

Look the attached picture. It's only the first layer of "french blue" supplied by Caldercraft.

I have the feeling that the blue is too dark.

Is it only an impression? Will it change after a second and third layer?

May be that I didn't mix enough the paint? Do I need to dilute it a little bit?

Your advises are welcome. Thank you.

Pierre

My system, using my drilling machine, works rather well. Fast, clean and safe.

But..... it is not exempt of failures. I realised that, when finishing the port with a file, there was little (or sometimes almost no)  support of the wall. And what had to happen, happened.

As Mobbsie said, it is sometimes useful to be good in repair!

As a consequence, I glued a small piece of wood between the two walls near the gunports. And so, I have now a strong support when using the file.

By the way, I think that my Aggie is stonger than before and will be able to accept much more damage during the fight.

Pierre

Hello George,

your Aggie looks very very nice.

I wonder who is the fastest, Mobbsie or you?

Pierre

Thank you Mobbsie for the kind words and the good advises.

About the small blocks you are talking, do you think that a piece of the planks used for the first planking (1,5mm thick) is sufficient?

Thanks again,

Pierre

Hello mates,

An important step forward!

I finally finished the cutting of all the gunports. Long and fastidious work (for me anyway) with permanent use of a callipersquare and a water level.

I tried to have the ports exact to 0,1mm (what represent 6,4mm on the actual ship).

I immediately glued also the first plank of the second planking (the top of the lower wale).

It gives already a better idea of the ship...

But, the gunports are still not finished. I still to pierce the inner wall for the upper gundeck.

I was really afraid to do it. So, I built my UNIMAT 1 again and you see on the next picture the tooling I am intended to use for making small (1mm) holes trough the wall. Testing will be for tomorrow. I tell you if it is successful...

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Here is a front view of my Aggie.

Pierre

Hello Mobbsie,

Very very nice your boats.

About the oars, it was difficult to have a accurate information.

Finally, I found in the Anatomy of the ship Pandora some indications.

Length of the oars: 20' for the largest boats and 17' for the smallest.

I join a picture of what I did. For the pinnace the 20' (95mm) seems right to me.

Pierre

Congratulations, Mobbsie.

Sorry to be a little bit late, but I suffered a total computer collapse.... and so, the time to buy another and then to struggle with Windows 8 and you see the result.

Congratulatons, again.

Pierre

Very nice Rob. And always full of good ideas.

Your work is so precise that you are a true reference.

Pierre

Very nice progress again, Mobbsie, and a plenty of fine details.

Your Aggy looks great.

Pierre

Sjors,

Once you starts, if you build at the same speed as Mobbsie, I think that after 3 months you are farther than what I did in 3 years....

Pierre

WAOUH! Welcome in the club, Sjors.

It will be great to follow your construction.

congratulations,

Pierre

Nice to see your meeting! And soon a new Aggie on this site!

Pierre

Thank you, Mobbsie,

A conversation with you is always enriching and full of good ideas,

The stern is still open, but I think that I shall leave the chase gunports closed.

If I move 2 9 pdrs guns as chase guns, it will be on the forecastle.

By the way, carronnades were never accounted in the number of guns (may be a guy from MI-6 trying to cause some trouble to the froggies...?), so, even if I add 8 or 12 carronnades to my Aggie, she will always remain a 64. Funny!

Pierre

I am now back in the North and am glad to refind my Aggie.

I continued to open the gunports and the starboard side is almost completed.

I show it in the coming days.

I made also some "auxiliary" work like the galley stove and the riding bitts.

And here I have a problem. The piece Nr 44 of the bitts seems to me surely 10 mm too short.

Look on the picture where I placed it above the drawing.

Did somebody experience the same problem?

I am intended to cut in the 5mm thick plank another piece with the suitable length.

Best regards,

Pierre

Very impressive! Nice work, George.

Pierre

Fantastic job again, Mobbsie. And plenty of good ideas! Congratulations.

Pierre

Superb work, Sjors!

It seems you are definitely in better shape! I hope so.

Pierre

Mobbsie, your catheads are very impressive.

A little question: did you cut the chase gunports or did you only apply the doord?

Thank you.

Pierre

Very nice and colourful. It's different, but pleasant!

Pierre

Happy birthday to you Mobbsie, and another nice year working on your Aggie!

Pierre

Hi Mobbsie,

In the specifications Aggie is carrying 12 carronades, but there is no indication where they are.

The Caldercraft kit don't supply them.

I bought 4 carronades from Caldercraft. I found they were a little bit expensive but I did it.

What I didn't know, is that they were supplied by two. So, ordering 4, I got 8. Not a big problem if actually they were 12...

I first tought to install two of them on the forecastle and two at the first port of the quarter deck.

I shall move the two 9 pdrs guns to the forecastle as "chase guns".

But now, I have 4 more to place. May be, two more on the forecastle ( like on Bellona or Victory) and may be two on the poop deck.

Interesting question to debate about.

Pierre

Here is a picture of the complete collection of 9 pdrs and 18 pdrs gun barrels and carriages.

I forgot the eyebolts in "the North", and I am so obliged to wait next week to complete the assembly.

Otherwise, wheels and other accessories are also ready.

Regards

Pierre

Here is a picture of my two first finished carronades.

They just need some varnish and of course rigging.

The question will then be where to place them. Probably on the forecastle.

I am now painting the twelve 9 pdrs carriages.

Regards,

Pierre

Beautiful, your nettings!

Pierre

Hi Christian,

As usual I am very impressed by the precision and the cleanliness of your work. You do it like watches!!

I bought also (from Amazon) the Sailing Frigates from R. Gardiner. Very interesting and full of very useful illustrations.

Kind regards

Pierre